Eighty - Sixed

by David B. Feinberg

• ISBN13: 9780802139023
• ISBN10: 0802139027
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-07-12
• Publisher: Grove Press

Summary

In 1980, B. J. Rosenthal's only mission is to find himself a boyfriend and avoid setbacks like bad haircuts, bad sex, and Jewish guilt. In post-AIDS 1986, B.J.'s world has changed dramatically -- his friends and lovers are getting sick, everyone is at risk, and B.J. is panicking. Parrying high-wire wit against unbearable human tragedy, Eighty-Sixed now stands as a testament to an era. "If Woody Allen were gay and wrote novels, he'd produce something like David Feinberg's Eighty-Sixed." -- David Streitfeld, The Washington Post Book World "[Feinberg] has given us a painful story of one man coming of age in a terrifying age." -- The Plain Dealer (Cleveland) "Entertaining, harrowing, and powerfully unsensational." -- Booklist "[Eighty-Sixed] stands out for its frankness, ferocious wit, and total lack of sentimentality or self pity." -- Catherine Texier, The New York Times Book Review

Author Biography

David B. Feinberg (1956-1994) was a writer and AIDS activist living in New York City

Table of Contents

PART I 1980: ANCIENT HISTORY
Prologue	3	(1)
January	4	(14)
Why I Always Wanted to Be a Clone	16	(2)
February	18	(14)
Miss Letitia Thing's Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior Concerning Tricks, One-Night (or Afternoon) Stands, and the Like, with a Special Appendix on Relationships	29	(3)
March	32	(14)
Boyfriends: Pros and Cons	44	(2)
April	46	(10)
How to Get Eighty-Sixed from the Restaurant or Cocktail Lounge of Your Choice	55	(1)
May	56	(9)
Cocktails from Hell	64	(1)
June	65	(9)
How to Get Rid of the Trick Who Won't Leave	73	(1)
July	74	(14)
Helpful Hints for Alfresco Sex	86	(2)
August	88	(10)
Some Queens	96	(2)
September	98	(14)
A History of Insanity on Both Sides of the Family, or Why I Have Always Been Attracted to the Mentally Ill	110	(2)
October	112	(13)
How to Tell When Your Relationship Is on the Rocks	124	(1)
November	125	(20)
What to Do on Your Annual Holiday Visit When Your Family Disapproves of Your Sexual Preference or Orientation...	143	(2)
December	145	(8)
PART II 1986: LEARNING HOW TO CRY
Prologue	151	(2)
January	153	(11)
Some Symptoms	162	(2)
February	164	(20)
After I Was Mugged	183	(1)
March	184	(8)
Some of the People I Distrust	190	(2)
April	192	(19)
6:12 P.M.	209	(2)
May	211	(14)
Safe Sex in the Age of Anxiety	223	(2)
June	225	(15)
How to Stay Celibate in the Age of Anxiety	238	(2)
July	240	(14)
Egg Paranoia	251	(3)
August	254	(12)
Everything	265	(1)
September	266	(10)
Sensitivity Exercises for Death	275	(1)
October	276	(20)
When I Cried	294	(2)
November	296	(25)
The Last Time I Saw Him	320	(1)
December	321	(4)
Epilogue	325